Neck-yoke.



H. RASMUSSBN. NECK You. APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1913.

1,083,630. l Patented Jan.6,1914

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HERMAN RASMUSSEN, OF SEDGWICK, SOUTH DAKOTA.

NECK-YOKE.

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Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 5, 1913.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

serial No. 765,628.

T0 all fui/0m it may concern Be it known that l, HERMAN RAsMUssEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sedgwick, in the county of Hyde and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Neck-Yokes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invent-ion relates to new and useful improvements in neck-yokes and more particularly to a neck-yoke which is constructed of iron, sheet metal or other suitable material, the object of the invention being to provide a neck-yoke comprising a tubular body having securing means arranged in each end thereof and at its intermediate portion whereby the same may be quickly and readily suspended from the outer end of a ve hicle tongue and the well known form of horse collar.

Janother object of the invention is to provide a neck-yoke of the above character which will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of the parts to be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken at right angles to the showing in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view.

Referring more particularly to drawings, 1 indicates the tubular body of the neckyoke which is preferably formed of sheet metal or other suitable material and provided with a longitudinal slot 2 in one side thereof. Disposed within each end of the body member and provided with annular heads 8 are the plugs 4 which are preferably constructed of metal, but if desired may be constructed of wood or other suitable material. The plugs 4 are securely held in position in the ends of the body member 1 by means of the transverse bolts 5, the ends of which are riveted to the body 1, as shown at 6, or if desired, a nut (not shown) may be threaded upon one end of the bolt so that the same may be quickly and readily removed, when desired.

The plugs 4 are each provided with a central bore 7 and arranged therein are the outer ends of the connecting rods 8, the inner ends of said rods being provided with the eyes 9 and said eyes being suitably connected by means of the link 10. Connected to the eyes 9 by means of the link members 11 is the pole ring 12 which projects out through the longitudinal slot 2 and is centrally arranged within the body, said ring being adapted to receive the forward end of the vehicle pole when the neck-yoke is in its operative position.

Secured within the plugs 4 in any suitable manner and projecting out through the longitudinal slot at the ends thereof are the staples 13 in which are arranged the rings 14 which are adapted to be secured by means of a snap hook or other device (not shown) to the lower side of the collar which is carried by the draft animal.

It will be readily apparent from the above that 1 have provided a simple and durable neck-yoke which will withstand the severest strain upon the same and which at the same time is light in weight, due to the fact that the same is hollow in cross section. It will be seen that by the arrangement of the rods 8 which are connected with the pole ring 12, the strain in holding the vehicle back in going down a steep grade will be equally distributed between the draft animals.

From the above it will be readily apparent'- that I have provided a simple and durable neckyoke which is extremely simple in construction and can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

While 1 have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A neck-yoke including a tubular body having a longitudinal slot in one side thereof, plugs arranged within each end of said body, transverse bolts extending through the body and the plugs to retain the same in position, a movable element centrally arranged within the body and projecting through the longitudinal slot, and means for connecting said element with the cross bolts.

2. A neck-yoke including a tubular body having a longitudinal slot in one side thereof, plugs arranged in each end of said body, bolts extending through the ends of the body and the plugs to retain said plugs in position, a pole ring arranged centrally Within the body and projecting through the longitudinal slot, connecting rods having their outer ends co-nnected to the transverse bolts and their inner ends loosely connected to the pole ring.

3. A neck-yoke including a tubular body having a longitudinal slot in one side thereof, plugs arranged Within each. end of the body., ybolts `extending through the plugs and the ends of the body to retain the plugs in position, ,a pole ring -centrally arranged Within the body and projecting through the slot, connecting rods having their outer ends connected to the transverse bolts, a link connecting the inner ends of said rods and link .members loosely connecting. the inner ends HERMAN RASMUSSEN.

Witnesses:

J. S. SMITH, D. C. HoBART.

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